Safe or vault.



PATBNTED JUNE 27, 1905.

H. D. HIBBARD.

SAFE 0R VAULT.

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PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905.

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gull" i NITED STATES Patented June 27, 1905.

HENRY D. HIBBARD, OF PLAINFIELD, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO MAN- GANESESTEEL SAFE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORA- TION OF NEW JERSEY.

SAFE OR VAULT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,073, dated June 27,1905. Application filed October 16, 1903. Serial No. 177,249.

To all whom, it 71mg/ (x0/Leerw- Be it known that I, H nxnYD. Hina-mmacitizen ofthe United States, residingin Plainfield, in the county ofUnion and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new andusefullmprovenients in Safes or Vaults, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to safes or vaults, the object of the inventionbeing to provide a safe or vault comprising' a body and a door, each ofan integral structure of unmachineable metal-s uch, for instance, asmanganese steel with improved means for protecting' the joint around thedoor.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a safe or vaultbody and door with a particular form of cooperating beads to protect thejoint.

In the d rawings accompanying' and forming part of this specification,Fig'ure 1 is a front view of a safe or vault body and its door with apart thereof in section. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken in linea a of Fig. 1, and Fig'. 3 is a side view of this improved safe orvault.

The present structure, which is an improvement in part upon that shownand described in my .Patent No. 662,429, dated November 2T, 1900,comprises a body 2 and a door 3, which parts may be made of toug'h,hard, unmachineable metalsuch, for instance, as manganese steeleandheat-treated in a manner similar to that set forth in said patent. Inthe present instance an integral bead 4 is located on the body aroundthe doorway and is somewhat larger than that shown in said patent, itbeing' in the present instance made up of a series of' contiguousradially-located parts, projections, swells, or beads 5, shown as ta- 4opered, having' spaces 6 intermediate thereof, said parts extending'outwardly from a point in proximity to the jamb-surface, butsufliciently remote therefrom to leave a grinding (that is, a ground)surface 7, such ground surface being' located at an angle to the jamband preferably formed substantially square therewith, the particularangle, however, being' determined by the formation of the door,

although the best results are obtained by having' the surfacessubstantially square with 5o each other. rlhe door having a step oroffset 11 is likewise provided with a bead 8, formed similar to thatjust described, the parts 9 of' which it is made up extending' from apoint in proximity to the edge thereof toward the center and shown astapered, leaving' a grinding (that is, a ground) surface 10, likewiseshown substantially square with the periphery of the door, and whichground surface will in practice be substantially flush with andcontig'u- 6o ous to the ground surface of the body, so that a tightspaceless metal-to-metal contact at the joint of the door will beobtained and which will extend throughout the entire length i of thejamb. The body-bead L1, organized in the manner shown, comprises aduplex bead, since in addition tothe bead shown and described in thepatent hereinbefore referred to there are a series of radially-locatedbeads projecting' beyond such bead. The door is pref'- 7o erably formedwith a flange 12, having boltopenings 13 for the bolts. Located aroundthe doorway on the interior of the safe is a bead, projection, or liange14, similar to that shown in said patent hereinbefore referred t0, therecess 15 formed thereby being connected with the jamb by a series ofpassages 16, which are shown terminating' in the boltgroove and in whichpassages are located pipes. By this improved organization there 8o isprovided around the doorway means in the form of a pair of beadseffective to prevent the joint from being attacked by sledges to peinthe metal at such joint, since such coperating beads located and formedin the manner shown prevent the continuous striking' 0f the metal at thejoint with any appreciable effect.

In order to properly heat-treat manganese steel, it is well known thatsubstantial uni- 9o formity of' metal in the casting must be maintained,and this is accomplished in the present instance, notwithstanding' theincreased amount of metal located around the joint, by the particularmanner in which the beads are 1 formed; also, by means of' the passagesconnecting the jamb with the interior of the body, both of whichconstitute an equivalent for lack of uniformity in the casting, sincethe passages insure a more equal cooling of the mass of metal during thesetting of the casting, thus avoiding strains at such parts of the body,as well as the proper equalization and 'circulation of the heat duringthe heat-treatment and also the proper chilling eect and circulation ofthe water. Moreover, these passages or ducts also constitute a means ofcarrying off any fluid explosive should the same penetrate the jointaround the door, since it would flow backward owing to the taperedformation of the door and the jamb until it reached the bolt-groove intowhich it would pass, and thence around to the bottom thereof and outthrough the adjacent passages into the interior of the safe, where itwould be impracticable to explode it except by concussion, which wouldprobably result in the wreckage'of the entire contents of the safe, sothat a successful burglarious opening of the safe would not be possible,as it is well known that a burglar is unwilling to take mutilatedcurrency. Therefore his attacks upon a safe or vault are made with aview of avoiding this result.

One function of the bead, it is apprehended, is to permit the yieldingof lthe metal of the door and of the body contiguous to such door underthe force of an explosive, thereby to preserve ametal-to-metal joint, asheretofore explained in said patent, and this, it is apprehended, isstill obtained, notwithstanding the increased size of the bead, owing tothe fact that such bead is made up of a series of independent parts, sothat the effect of an explosion will be localized-that is, the metal ofone or two of the beads only would be disturbed, the position of themetal of the other beads remaining undisturbed, the metal of theaffected bead yielding laterally or radially with the metal of the dooras it is pushed inward. In other words, since, asis well known, allmetals have some flowage, this being particularly true of manganesesteel after it is heat-treated, in which condition it is very tough, itstendency being to yield or flow rather than break or crack, should anexplosive charge be fired upon the joint of'the door the metal adjacentto such joint would be forced inward, and owing to the provision of thebeads as it is forced inward it can move radially or sidewise, since themetal of the beads would give or flow to permit this, and thus preservea metal-to-metal contact as the metal of the bead flows or yields onlyin proportion to the disturbance or lateral bulge of the door at thepoint of the attack.

' From the foregoing it will be seen that by providing a pair of beadsformed in the man'- ner shown allof the advantages obtained by thestructure shown and described in the said patents are obtained, but alsothe additional advantage of preventing the peining of the metalV at thejoint, so that the beads constitute a protection not only against attackby explosive means, but also by mechanical means.

In practice the spaces between the projections 5 and 9 could'be lled inwith some plastic material, if desired, prior to the painting of thestructure. j

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A safe or vault bodyhaving a doorway and provided around said doorway with an integral beadmade up of a series of distinctly independent and separated parts orbeads.

2. A safe or vault body having a doorway and provided around suchdoorway with an integral bead made up of a series of distinctlyindependent and separated parts or beads radially located.

3. A safe or vault body having a doorway and provided around suchdoorway with an integral bead made up of a series of distinctlyindependent and separated parts or beads terminating in a relativelyflat surface around the jamb.

4. A safe or vault body having a doorway, and provided around suchdoorway with an integral bead made up of a series of tapered distinctlyindependent and separated parts or beads.

5. A safe or vault body having a doorway and provided around suchdoorway with an integral bead made up of a series of tapered distinctlyindependent and separated parts or beads, terminating in a groundsurface around the jamb.

6. A safe or vault body having a doorway and provided around suchdoorway with an integral duplex bead.

7. A safe or vault body having a doorway and provided around suchdoorway with an integral duplex bead one a continuous ring and' theother made up of independent parts with spaces between such parts.

8. A safe or vault body having a doorway and provided around suchdoorway with an integral duplex bead one a continuous ring` and theother a ring made up of separate and independent parts with spacesbetween such parts, such independent parts extending radi-I allj7 andprojecting beyond said continuous bead.

9. An integral safe or vault body made up of hard, tough, unmachineablemetal having a circular doorway and provided around such doorway with apair of beads, one over the other.

l0. An integral safe or vault body made' up of hard, tough,unmachineablemetal, having a circular doorway and provided around such doorway with apair of beads one over the other, such duplex construction terminatingadjacent to the jamb in a ground surface.

l1. An integral safe or vault body made up of hard, tougli,unmachineablemetal, having a IOO circular doorway and provided around such doorwaywith a pair otl beads one over the other, such beads terminating'adjacent to the janib in a continuous relatively flat surfacesubstantially square with such jamb,

1'2. An integral safe or vault body made up of' hard, toug'h,unmachineable metal having' a doorway and provided around the same witha pair of' beads one over the other, and one projecting beyond theother.

13. An integral sate or vault body ot' hard, tough, unmachineable nletalhaving a circular doorway and provided around the same with a pair oflbeads one over the other, one Inade up of a series of independent partshavingspaces intermediate such parts.

1l. An integral saf'e or vault body otl hard, toug'h, unmachineablemetal having a doorway and provided around the same with a pair of'beads one over the other, and one projecting' beyond the other and madeup of' a series of independent parts having' spaces intermediate suchpart-s, such duplex bead terminating` in a ground surface around thejamb.

l5. An integral manganese-steel safe or vault body having a circulardoorway and provided around such doorway with a g'ro und surface and abead formed o't' a series ot' radiallylocated distinct parts havingspaces intermediate thereof'. i

16 An integral manganese-steel saf'e or vault body having' a circulardoorway and provided around such doorway with a ground su rf'ace and aduplex bead, one part formed ot' a series ofl separated parts having`spaces intermediate thereof'.

17. A sate or vault door provided with an integral bead made up of' aseries of distinctly independent and separated parts or beads.

l 8. A safe or vault door provided with an integ'ral bead made up of aseries ot' distinctly independent and separated tapered parts or beads.

19. A sate or vault door provided with an integral bead made up of' aseries of distinctly independent and separated parts or beadsterminating' in a relatively flat ground surface.

Q0. An integ'ral, heat-treated, sate or vault door ofl manganese steelprovided with an integral bead made up ot' distinctly separate partshaving' spaces intermediate such parts and terminating in a continuousground surface around the edge of' the door, located substantiallysquare with the edge ol the door.

21. A sate or vault body having' a rearwardly-extending flange, saidflange having' passages therein located at intervals entirely around thejamb, establishing' communication between such jamb and the interioro'fthe body.

Q2. A sate or vault body having' a rearwardly-extending integral llangewith its inner edge `tree of' juncture with the walls of the body, saidflange having' a plurality of' passages therein.

23. An integral manganese-steel safe ori vault body having' arearwardly-extending' integ'ral flange provided with passag'es thereinand pipes located in such passages.

21. An integral, cast, unmachineable-n1etal safe or vault body having' arearwardly-extending' integ'ral llang'e around its circular doorwayprolonging' the iamb thereof', such flange having' transverse passageslocated at intervals entirely around it communicating' with the interiorot' the body, and pipes or' tubes located in such passages.

25. An integral saf'e or vault body formed of heat-treated,unmachineable metal having a rearwardly extending integ'ral circularflange forming part of and prolonging' the jamb otl such body andprovided with passages establishing' communication between such jamb andthe interior ot' such body.

26. An integ'ral saf'e or vault body, having' a rearwardly-extendingintegral flange having passages therein and an eXteriorly-located beadaround its doorway.

QT. An integral, cast, unmachineable-metal saf'e or vault body having' acircular doorway, and a rearwardly-extending integral flange prolonging'the jamb-surface thereotl and provided with transverse passag'es locatedat intervals entirely around such flange, and also having' aforwardly-extcnding, integral, exteriorly-located bead around itsdoorway.

28. An integral, cast, unmachineable-metal safe or vaultbody having' acircular doorway, and a rearwardlyextending integ'ral flangeprolong'ing' the llamb-surface thereofl and provided with passageslocated in such flange communicating' with the interior of the body, andalso having' a forwardly-extending, integral, exteriorly-located beadaround its doorway with an annular surface located at the base thereofat the outer terminus of' the jamb-surf'aee.

29. An integral, cast, unmachineable-metal safe or vault body having' acircular doorway, and a rearwardly-extending' integral flangeprolonging' the jamb-sul'l'ace thereofl and provided with passageslocated in such flange comnninicating' with the interior of the body,and also having' a forwardly-extending integral exteriorly-located beadaround its doorway with an annular surface located at the base of suchbead at the outer terminus of the jamb-surface, and a door litting' intosaid jamb and having' an annular surface contiguous to and substantially[lush with the annular surf'ace of' the body.

30. An integral, cast, nninacliineable-metal safe or vault body having'a circular doorway, and a rearwardly-extending' integral flangeprolonging' the jamb-surf'ace thereofl and provided with passageslocated in such flange at intervals entirely around such flange and communicating' with the interior of' said body, pipes located in suchpassages, said body also having' a forwardly-extending` integ'ralexteriorly-located bead or flange around its door- IOO way with anannular ground surface located at the base thereof at the outer terminusof such jamb, and-*an integral, cast, unmachineable-metal door fittinginto said jamb and provided with a contiguous surface matching andsubstantially iush with the ground surface of said body.

3l. An integral safe or vault body formed of unmachineable metal havinga doorway and provided around such doorway with a rearwardly-projectingiiange having passages therein and with an eXteriorly-located bead, saidbead being made up of a series of independent and separated parts ormembers.

32. An integral safe or vault body formed of unmachineable metal havinga doorway and provided around such doorway with a rearwardly-projectingflange prolonging the jamb-surface and having passages therein and' withan eXteriorly-located bead around such doorway, said bead being made upof a series of independent and separated .parts or members terminatingin a ground surface around the jamb.

33. A safe or vault comprising a body having a doorway and providedaround such doorway with a rearwardly-projecting integral flangeprolonging the jamb and having passages therein establishingcommunication between such jamb and the interior of the body and alsoprovided with an eXteriorly-located bead, and a door also having a bead.

34. A safe or vault comprising a body having a doorway and providedaround such doorway with a rearwardlyprojecting integral iiangeprolonging the jamb and having passages therein establishingcommunication between such jamb and the interior of the body and alsoprovided with an eXteriorly-located bead, and a door also having a bead,said beads terminating in a pair of ground surfaces around the joint.

35. A safe or vault comprising an integral manganese-steel body having acircular doorway and provided around such doorway with arearwardly-projecting integral circular iiange prolonging the jamb andhaving passages therein establishing communication between such jamb andthe interior of the body and also provided with an eXteriorly-locatedbead, and a circular door also having a bead, said beads terminating ina pair of ground surfaces around the jointsubstantially square with suchJoint.

36. A safe or vault comprising a body having a doorway and providedaround such doorway with a bead made up of a series of distinctlyindependent parts having spaces intermediate thereof and a door having abead around its edge.

37. A safe or vault comprising a body having a doorway and providedaround such doorway with a bead made up of a series of distinctlyindependent parts having spaces intermediate thereof, and a door alsohaving a bead around its edge also made up of a series of distinctlyindependent parts having spaces intermediate thereof.

ing a doorway and provided around such doorway with a bead made up of aseries of dismediate thereof and a door having a bead distinctlyindependent parts having spaces intermediate thereof, the parts of thebod y-bead and the parts of the door-bead respectively terminating in aground surface, said ground surfaces matching and being substantiallyflush with each other.

. 39. A safe or vault comprising a body having adoorway and providedaround such doorway with a bead made up of a series of distinctlyindependent parts having spaces intermediate thereof, and a door having-a bead around its edge also made up ofa series of distinctlyindependent parts having spaces inltermediate thereof, the parts of thebody-bead and the parts of the door-bead respectively terminating in aground surface, said ground surfaces matching and being substantiallyflush with each other, said body also having an interiorly-locatedflange prolonging the jointsurface and provided with passages thereinestablishing communication between the jamb and the interior of thebody.

40. A heat-treated safe or vault comprising an integral body and anintegral circular door, each formed of hard, tough, unmachineable metal,such for instance as manganese steel, said body having around itsdoorway a duplex bead made up of a series of independent members withspaces intermediate thereof, said door likewise having a bead around itsedge made up of a series of distinctlyindependent members having spacesintermediate thereof, the members of the body-bead and the members ofthe door-bead terminating respectively in a ground surface, said groundsurfaces matching and being substantially flush with each other, andsaid body having an interiorlylocated flange prolonging the jamb of suchbody and provided with passages therein forming communication betweenthe interior of said body and the jamb.

Signed at Nos. 9 to 15 Murray street, New York, N. Y., this 15th day ofOctober, 1903.

HENRY D. HIBBARD.

Witnesses:

JOHN O. SEIFERT, FRED. J. DOLE.

38. A safe or vault comprising a body havtinctly independent partshaving spaces interaround its edge also made up of a series of.

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